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ANTHONY PEPLE, OF EAST BILLERICA,` MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 99,945, dated February 15, 1870.

INIPROV-EMENT IN PREPARING- CERTAIN KINIDS OF COTTON-WASTE FOR .CLEANING MACHINERY.

The Schedule referred to :inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY PEPLE, of East Billerica, in the count-y of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have made an invention ofa newand useful mode of utilizing cotton-waste for cleaning machinery, which I term an Oil and Dirt Remover; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is a sketch of my invention, the envelope being shown at a, and its cotton-waste contents at b. 1

It is well known thatacertain kind of cotton-waste, or that called yarn-waste, that is of the waste thread from cops, &c., is used to a great extent in machineshops about stationary and locomotive-engines, and in many other localitiesY for absorbing or removing excess of oilas well as of dirt, iron lilings, 85o.4

A considerable portion of cotton-wastef or that containing little, if any thread, such as sweepings, card strippings, &c., has heretofore been considered worthless for the above-mentioned purposes, owing to the lint separating from the mass and clinging to the machinery, or almost any object with which it comes in contact, as well as the general non-cohesivenessof the material in general, although it has been admitted-that it contains much greater absorbing qualities than the yarn-waste.

To utilize this cotton waste is the object of my invention, and to effect my purpose I envelope a quantity of the saine in a woven or porous bag or envelope,

which, while allowing the waste to come in contact with and absorb oil and dirt, yet confines it in a mass and entirely prevents separation and deposit of lint from it.

The bag or envelope'should be of a cheap material,

and may be provided with a mouth to be closed by anA elastic ring, or its equivalent, in order that when the mass of waste within it becomes saturated with oil.

and dirt it may be removed and a fresh supply substituted, thus enabling one bag or envelope to last for a considerable length of time.

I do not confine myself to the use of cotton wastev as an absorbent material, Ias doubtless it will befound that other substances or materials may be utilized with equal good advantages.

Experiments have convinced me that waste material used as above will be au economical improvenient, as, even with the additional cost of envelope, it p `can sold at less cost than the yarn-waste now used.

I claim` utilizing cotton or other waste material by enclosing 1t in a Woven or porous bag or envelope, substantially in manner and for the purpose as before explaiued.

ANTHONY IEPLE.

Witnesses:

E. Grurnrcpn, G. C. Lomo. 

